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Kishanganj Congress MP Maulana Asrar-ul-Haque Qasmi passes away at 76

Qasmi was a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and also a founder member of the All India Milli Council. (Source: Twitter/@MdRashi30677767)

Maulana Asrar-ul-Haque Qasmi, noted Islamic scholar and Congress Lok Sabha MP from Bihar’s Kishanganj constituency, passed away in the early hours of Friday following a heart attack. He was 76.

Qasmi won the Kishanganj seat in 2009 general elections by contesting on an Indian National Congress ticket after five consecutive failures. He retained his constituency in the 2014 general elections by defeating BJP’s Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, that too, with a margin of over 1 lakh votes.

He was also a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and also a founder member of the All India Milli Council.